IND vs AUS: Team India lost in the World Cup final due to bad pitch? Big revelation from ICC’s ‘average’ rating
Almost 19 days have passed since the Indian team lost the final of the World Cup 2023. Now a big report has come out, in which it has been told that the pitch on which Team India played the final match against Australia has been given an ‘average’ rating by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Earlier reports had said that head coach Rahul Dravid had also blamed the pitch as the reason for India’s defeat.
According to ‘Times of India’, ICC has given average rating to the pitches of five World Cup matches, which also includes the final match between India and Australia. The title match between India and Australia was played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, in which Team India, captained by Rohit Sharma, while batting first, was all out on the score of 240 runs in 50 overs and Australia won in 43 overs. Had done it.
Rahul Dravid also blamed the pitch
Head coach Rahul Dravid had also blamed the pitch for losing the final match in the BCCI review meeting. According to reports, the head coach had said that we lost because we did not get the turn as expected. If the spinners had got the turn, we would have won. We won the first 10 matches with this strategy, but it did not work in the final.
How did Australia play brilliantly on a bad pitch?
First of all, ICC has confirmed that the pitch at Narendra Modi Stadium was not ‘good’ by giving it an average rating. Now the question might be arising in your mind, then how did Australia do wonders on this pitch? It is natural for this question to arise. So let us tell you that losing the toss on a bad pitch proved to be detrimental for Team India.
Australia won the toss and decided to bowl and bowled out Team India for 240 runs. During the day the pitch supported the bowlers to some extent. But by the time the Indian team came to bowl, the lights were on and dew had also appeared on the field. In such a situation, the bowlers of Men in Blue were not left with much to do.
